Gino D'Acampo 'quietly droppped' by ITV as Family Fortunes axed after sex claims

Gina D'Acampo has denied the drawstring of claims astir his intersexual misconduct, portion ITV volition analyse idiosyncratic complaints but is not readying a review

ITV is hoping to debar a ceremonial reappraisal into the galore complaints astir Gino D’Acampo ’s behaviour - due to the fact that helium is nary longer progressive with immoderate of the channel’s programming.

One insider said that the Italian, champion known for his appearances connected This Morning but besides for his appearances connected a scope of factual and amusement shows, had been softly dropped implicit the people of the past year. “There is thing presently commissioned oregon successful improvement with Gino D’Acampo,” they said. “The lone outstanding amusement is simply a bid of Family Fortunes which was recorded successful October 2023, but is not presently scheduled.”

Bosses are hoping that the recently created Complaints Handling Unit, established past twelvemonth to assistance enforce the “robust and comprehensive” work of attraction policies enactment into spot successful the aftermath of the Phillip Schofield debacle, volition look astatine each ailment individually. The root added: “It would beryllium little of a reappraisal and much astir conscionable encouraging radical to travel guardant though those channels if they person thing they request to raise.”

D’Acampo is facing “dozens” of allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour spanning the past 12 years, according to an probe by ITV News. One of his different shows for the transmission was filmed connected the roadworthy alongside his “great friends” Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix, which came to an abrupt extremity amid a fallout successful 2022. Yesterday Gordon Ramsay’s TV institution Studio Ramsay, which produced Gino's Italian Family Adventure and co-produced Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip series, released a connection successful which they distanced themselves from the Italian. It said: “Studio Ramsay person not worked connected a bid with Gino D’Acampo since 2022. We instrumentality each allegations of inappropriate behaviour and workplace misconduct seriously, promptly investigate, and instrumentality due remedial enactment erstwhile warranted."

One pistillate told ITV News that D’Acampo, who is joined to Jessica and has 3 children Luciano, 22, Rocco, 19, and 12-year-old Mia, made a vulgar intersexual remark towards her during a mag sprout successful 2011. She claims the personage cook said he’d similar "like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter” successful beforehand of the crew, leaving her feeling “horror” and “shock”. Another pistillate alleged that erstwhile she went to little D'Acampo astir a determination shoot, helium opened the doorway successful his boxer shorts and made jokes astir his privates, leaving her feeling uncomfortable.

In a abstracted claim, D’Acampo was accused of threatening a inferior subordinate of unit connected Gino’s Italian Express. “I was contiguous erstwhile Gino said to the runner, ‘If you don't get maine a Cornetto, I volition f*** your girlfriend’,” 1 pistillate unit subordinate said, with different confirming the remark and saying it had “stuck successful my caput for years”. The TV cook is besides alleged to person made a crude remark astir a colleague's breasts during filming successful 2018, saying: "Shouldn't we beryllium talking astir her t***? They're perfect, similar a mouthful.”

And successful different remark helium is said to person asked: “When are we each going to get drunk and person enactment together?” to members of the accumulation team. One pistillate told the quality programme: “His 'cheeky chappy' persona allowed him to fell successful plain sight. If I spot him connected TV, I person to permission the room.” His ineligible squad issued a beardown denial, saying: “No-one has ever made these complaints straight to Mr D'Acampo. He does not callback making these comments, nor does helium judge that they were made.”

Gino himself said: “I would not bash thing that I thought would upset oregon distress anyone. This is simply not successful my nature. I bash not recognise the mentation of events being enactment to me.” And helium added: “I americium a father, hubby and person worked with good implicit 1,500 radical connected astir 80 productions successful my career, which I person been truthful arrogant of. I instrumentality specified matters highly earnestly and the proposition that I person acted successful an improper mode is profoundly upsetting.”

ITV acceptable up a dedicated Complaints Handling Unit successful 2024 specifically to negociate immoderate moans astir connected surface presenters. In a connection yesterday the institution said: “All of the concerns and complaints raised by those who person spoken to ITN picture behaviour which is inappropriate and unacceptable. Most of them were not reported to ITV astatine the time. Where issues person been raised with ITV enactment has been taken.

“We tin lone enactment wherever we cognize that concerns person been raised, and volition present beryllium pursuing up connected those that had not antecedently been reported to us.” Yesterday it emerged that immoderate shows successful which helium featured connected the channel’s streaming work ITVX person being removed.

The concern is successful stark opposition to the BBC ’s concern with MasterChef big Gregg Wallace, who has besides received galore complaints of intersexual misconduct dating backmost up to 20 years. A ineligible reappraisal into those complaints, ordered by accumulation institution Shine, was yesterday said to beryllium “ongoing”, with the BBC waiting to find retired if the pre-recorded main bid of MasterChef, featuring Wallace arsenic a presenter alongside John Torode and owed to aerial successful the spring, volition marque it onto the screen.

ITV’s connection continued: “ITV is wholly committed to creating an situation wherever everyone is treated with respect and feels capable to springiness their best.” The transmission said that accumulation companies held the work of ensuring their presenters behaved appropriately, explaining: “We marque wide our expectations of producers and person robust and broad policies which we instrumentality contractually.

“The standards of behaviour that ITV expects are precise clear. Everyone moving with ITV is taxable to ITV’s Code of Ethics and Conduct. At ITV we dainty everyone with courtesy, fairness, dignity and respect and bash not tolerate abusive behaviour of immoderate signifier successful the workplace.”

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